explanation for obedience

Question 1

agentic state

Answer 1

mental state
- feel no personal responsiblity for our behaviour , bc we think were acting for someone else , an authority figure

• frees us from our moral consciences , allows us to obey orders from authiority figure even if we dont agree with what were doing

Question 2

agentic state , binding factors

Answer 2

• keeps us in as even when we want to disobey , reduces our moral strain e.g reassuring ourselves that we wont be held accoutnable for our actions

Question 3

opposite of agentic state

Answer 3

• autonomous state
• independent , free will over our actions

Question 4

legitmacy of authority

Answer 4

more likely to obey to people who we think have more authority over us
- authoprity is justified by their position of power within social hierachy
- taught from early age whos at the top of hierachy e.g police and teachers

Question 5

strength , external validity

Answer 5

p- strong external validity
e- real life application of ppl entering angentic state , seen in history
e- e.g holocaust , normal ppl , followed orders from nazi leaders, in Rwandan genocide , citizens turned on their neighbours after hearing commands over radio
l-shows how authority figures = lead to ordinary ppl too carry out extreme action , shows validity in theory

Question 6

strength , research evidence

Answer 6

p- research evidence
e- blass and schmitt , showed film of milgrams original obedience study to group of students , asked them who they thought was responsible for harm to learner
e- students blamed experimenter not ppts , bc experimenter was seen as legitimate authority , and expert
l- supports idea that ppl obey to those who they see as having authority even when orders r harmful

Question 7

limitation , d